DSD is not exactly covering herself in glory at the moment.

Now OBVIOUSLY, we should be asking the school about this but as they're on hols at the moment, we can't so that's why I'm asking the opinions of the experienced BB mums.

After hiding her school report, we finally got hold of it the other day and it's appalling.

She's in Year 10 and did a VCE subject early and got a C+. Obviously that's not appalling.

But, she failed all other subjects (because she didn't complete assignments) except for physical education and catering.

So she hasn't used this year to develop good study habits at all. I have given her the "you have to give yourself a set time each evening to do your homework" talk so many times, it's not funny.

Anyhow, my real question is - surely if she's getting grades this bad when she starts doing her VCE then the school won't allow her to complete it right?

What's your teenager's school policy?

DSD goes to a pretty good state school with very good VCE scores so I can't see them wanting their averages brought down.

If their report is bad, do they get the option to repeat Year 11?

There appears to be no problem with her entering Year 11, I am just dubious they would let her enter Year 12 if her grades for Units 1 & 2 VCE are bad.

But I'm from the UK, so I don't fully understand the VCE thing.